Athletic knee shield for the protection of men&#39;s trousers



Oct. 8, 1929. E. A. COOPER 1,730,493

ATHLETIC KNEE SHIELD FOR THE PROTECTION OF MEN'S TROUSERS Filed Nov. 18, 1927 Patented 0.1.8 929 I 1,730,493

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ETHEL A. COOPER; OF KANSAS GTTY, MISSOURI I v ATHLETIC KNEE SHIELD FOR THE PROTECTION OF MENS TROUSERS Application filed November. 18, 1927. Serial No. 234,281.

This invention relates to a knee shield and bands 12 having their ends respectively conhas for its principal objectto provide a simnected to the side reinforcing strips 8 and 9. ple and efficient means for protecting outer The bands 12 are continuous from one at-. garments such as trousers from direct contaching end to the other, and are of such tact with the knees and therefore from the lengths to cooperate with the pad whereby a effect of perspiration. v circular opening is provided of a size which Another object of the invention lies in the will insure entire freedom at the lower exprovision of a knee shield which is constructtremity of the shield. ed in a manner to mantain the same in proper In view of the above it will be observed position when the wearer is either in a sitting that I have provided a knee protector or 60 or a standing position. shield which is composed of but few parts, With these and other objects in view which and is constructed to maintain the supporting will more fully appear, the nature of the inmeans and the leg encircling bands against vcntion will be more clearly understood by tendency of becoming separated from the 15 following the description, the appended body portion and without injuring said body 65 claim, and the several views illustrated in the portion.

accompanying drawing. It is of course to be understood that the de- In the accompanying drawings: tails of structure and arrangements of parts Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the apmay be variously changed and modified withplication of my invention, out departing from the spirit and scope of my 7 Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspectve view showinvention. ing the kneeshield forming the subject lnat- I claim: ter of my invention, and A knee protector comprising a substan- Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed sectional view tially rectangular body portion formed of showing the connection between the body porelastic water-proof material, reinforcing 75 tion of the knee shield or pad, the reinforcing strips stitched to the body along the upper, strip, and the leg encircling band. lower and side edges thereof, spaced support- V Like reference numerals designate correing means for the protector and attached to 'sponding parts throughout the several figures the reinforcing strips at points along the upof the drawings. per portion of the protector by the stitches of 80 Referring to the accompanying drawings, the said strips, and 'a plurality of spaced leg the invention comprises a knee shield or pad encircling bands having their ends attached consisting of a rectangular shaped body porto the side reinforcing strips, with some of tion 5 of elastic water proof material, upper said bandsat the ends of the protector and and lower reinforcing strips 6 and 7 which others between the ends. 5

. are respectively secured to the body portion ETHEL A. COOPER.

along theupper and lower edges thereof by means of stitches, and side reinforcing strips 8 and 9 which are respectively attached to the I 40 body portion along the side edges thereof by i 90 stitches. In order to support the knee pad from the leg portions of underwear, as shown in Fig. 1, I have provided spaced supporting means 10 and 11 which are respectively connected to the upper edge portion of the pad 95 through the medium of said stitches. In order to retain the pad in cooperative position relative to the knee, regardless of whether the wearer is standing or sitting, I have prov vided a plurality of spaced leg encircling v 10o 

